Peter Radetsky

Peter Radetsky (1777-late August 1805) was the leader of an Austrian uprising against the First French Empire in 1805. Radetsky was killed when the uprising was crushed at the Battle of Mistelbach.

Biography
Peter Radetsky was born in Neuhaus, Moravia, Holy Roman Empire (now Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic) in 1777, and he entered the Reichsarmee of the Holy Roman Empire at a young age. Radetsky served in the French Revolutionary Wars before becoming the commander of a regiment of Chevauxlegers during the Napoleonic Wars, and he led a brave uprising against the First French Empire in Lower Austria in 1805 after the fall of Vienna. Radetsky was killed when his army was crushed by the Grande Armee at the Battle of Mistelbach.